[s-cars] //S4cylinder (#4 cylinder misfire)

[Mike Claire]

Am I the only one this story just scares the hell out of?  If this was me my
car would be basically totalled.  No way I could do all this, and I couldn't
pay somebody to do it either!  Do I tempt the gods by admitting fear?


Mike

On 1/20/06, AUDIJIM at aol.com <AUDIJIM at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Starts on all 5 cylinders for about a second and a half, then drops #4
> cyl. I
> can unplug #4 fuel injector and get no change in my bad idle. I tried
> swapping fuel injectors, no help. New coil pack at #4, no help. New POS,
> no help. I
> thought it was a possible lifter, changed all 20 lifters and checked for
> broken
> valve spring, no help and no broken valve springs. New plugs, new boots,
> no
> help. New injector inserts, new O-rings, new fuel filter, no help. Tried
> swapping ECU's, no help. Compression test good. Leak down test good. The
> only thing
> I haven't checked is the wiring to the POS from the ECU. That's tomorrow.
> After the engine runs for a while, it will smooth out and idle sort of
> nice. If I
> blip the throttle, it will loose #4 again and then recover. At highway
> speeds,
> you can feel the engine running a little rough and full power isn't there.
> Sometimes it runs well at highway speeds and pulls like a freight train,
> but
> after I let off, I can feel that it lost the cylinder again.
>
> Jim
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